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UNITED TATES PATENT. OFFICE.

ERASTUS woonwann, or soMEnviLLn, MASsAcHUsET s, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, To THOMAS G. PL'ANT, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

AUToMATic LEVELER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov, 9, 1909, Application filed September 7, 1906, Serial No. 833,611.

Renewed March 23, 1909. Serial No. 485,283.

To all whom. it may concern;

Be it known that I, ,ERASTUS Woonwann, a citizen of the United States, residing at somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an that an operative can prop'erlyhandle the same, adjust or adapt it for use u on soles of different sizes and styles and o tain the best results.

.One feature of my invention resides in means for producing laying or leveling movements and adjustments of the former or molds and also of the jack by which the machine is particularly adapted to lay or level the soles of the different sizes and styles of shoes and to produce Superior work.

All of the above, however, with other .novel and useful features of construction and operation, will be best understood and appreciated from the following description, when taken; in connection with the accompanying drawings, of a machine embodying one form of my invention and selected for purposes of illustration, its scope being more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings;Figure 1 is a central vertical and longitudinal section takenon' the line 11 of Figs. 2 and 4 of a machine typifying a preferred embodiment of my'invention and selected for pfur ose of illustration only; Fig. 2, a. plan 0 said'machine;

Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a transverse horizontalsection on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, an enlarged elevation of the right side of the lower part of the machine;

Fig. 6, a detailin longitudinal vertical sec- .tion on the line 11 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7, an

enlarged detail'in rear elevation and partly in vertical section of the base of the machine, to show the drive and operating shaft and the clutch mechanisms therefor; Fig. 8, a vertical sectional detail on the line 8-8, Fig.

7; Fig. 9, an enlarged longitudinal and horizontal section taken on the line 9-9 of Fig.

6, to show the mechanism and connections 0 for rocking the jack; Fig. 10, a vertical'sectional detail taken on the line 10-10 of Fig.

5, to be referred to; Fig. 11, a horizontal sectional detail on'the line 1111 of Fig. 5,

'toshow the position of the clutch for controlling the jack positioning mechanism; Fig. 12, a vertical sectional detail and partial elevation of the same on the line.1212, Figs. 5 and 11; Fig. 13, an enlarged vertical sectional detail taken through the left jack table and slide on the line 13-13 of Fig. 2; i Fig. 14, a vertical and transverse sectional detail thereof, from the left, on the line 14-:14yof Fig. 13, the last support and the shoe being removed; Fig. 15, an enlarged detailin plan and partial horizontal section .on the line 15-,15 of Fig. 13; Figs. 16 and 17 are longitudinal vertical'sectional details taken on line 1616 of Fig. 15, respectively to show the toe rest and jacking mechanism in jacked and unjacked positions; Fig. 18, an enlarged horizontal sectional detail taken on thelin'e 18-18 of Fig. l, to show the fore part form and its carrier; Fig. 19, an enlarged Vertical sectional detail. on the line 19-19 of Fig.- 1, to show the shank form and, its carrier and the mechanism in which the form is mounted; Fig. 20, a sectional detail, partly in elevation, on the line 2020 of Fig. 18, to show the adjusting mechanism for positioning the form; Fig. 21, a detail in side elevation of the right acking treadle and its connections for controllin the right jack; Fig. 22, a detail in front e evation of the mechanism for o crating the jack cam slide, and Fig. 23,a detail, to show a modi- I fied form of segmentand the separate adjnsting levers, to be referred to. Fig. 24 is a detached view of one of the formers showing the circumferential about the same.

.In the particular embodiment of m invention, herein selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the drawings, referring first to Figs. 2 and 4, the machine is pro pattern extending 100 vided with a suitable frame work to support the operative parts, the same, as herein, shown, comprising the Vertical sideframes 1 (Figs. 2, 3 and 4) connected at their rear lower portions by a cross girder-2 (Figs. 1,

3' and dotted lines Fig. 5 upon which is bolted the rear end of an intermediate frame I .or bottom girder 3 (Figs. 1 and 4), which extends forward and is provided at its front end with a boss 4, to receive a horizontal tie rod 5, secured at its outer endsto the front lower portions of said side frames 1, in the present instance, by collars 6 and 7 and securing bolts 8. At the rear of said cross girder 2, said side frames are provided with suitable bearings (Fig.7) for the main drive shaft 9, and immediately beneath it, for a lower fixed shaft 10, said drive shaft having at its outer left end, the usual fast and loose pulleys, 11, 12, respectively, through which it is rotated when desired from any suitable or convenient source of power, said shaft, when the machine is in use, being constantly rotated. a

One or more shoe supports or jacks may be employed. In the present instance, however, two jacks are employed, each having two sole formers associated'therewith, and constituting a twin or duplex machine, though obviously any other number of formers could be used with each jack; The

formers, herein shown as forms or molds and respectively lndieated by reference numerals, 23 and 24, in the present instance, combine the advantages of the usual leveling rollers and the oscillatory mold or i form, and, as will be fully explained later,

are-adapted to be vibrated upon the shoe sole mounted on the j ack and simultaneously oscillated to shape the shoe sole accordingly. The machine is arranged to maintain one of these jacks in anouter position to facilitate the application of a shoe thereto, while the other is in position beneath the sole leveling forms referred to, and suitable means are providedfor moving the jack to which a shoe has been applied into position beneath the forms, for raising it to bring the shoe sole into molding contact with said forms and for vibrating and oscillating the latter while said jack is rocked to and fro to proressively mold or level the shoe sole, and nally at the conclusion of said molding operation, to depress the jack and stop the machine, or, if desired, to move the jack outwardly and turn it into convenient position-for removal of the shoe and the application of another shoe thereto. The mechanism for producing these movements will be best understood by describing them in the order above named, first, however, describing the jack supporting means.

ince the construction of the jacks and and adjustin mechanisms their operatin description of are substantia ly alike, the

- but one is here given and-will be sufficient,

represent like parts, operating in like manner in the similar jack mechanisms.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 13, the jack A is here shown as mounted upon a slide 13 adapted to move in and out on a jack table 14, which is in turn mounted to slide vertically in a rocking guide 15, said guide being pivotally mounted upon a horizontal pivot shaft 16 extending clear across the front of the machine and supported and secured at its outer ends (Figs. 3, 5, 9 and 21) upon said side frames 1. Said rocking guide 15 (best shown in Figs. 6, 21 and 22) is formed as a T shaped lever having a hubbed head by which it is mounted on said shaft 16, its opposite arms 17 extending vertically and provided at their front faces with longitudinal vertical and alinedrecesses constituting guideways 18 (Figs. 9, 13 and 22) to receive a depending vertical arm 19 of said jack table 14, said arm 19 being retained therein by-lateral face plates 20 suitably secured thereto as by bolts 21. At its lower end this depending arm 19, in the present instance, is provided with a slotted cam slide 22 (Figs. 1, 6, 9 and 22) which is operated to elevate and depress said arm, its table and the jack carried thereby as will bemore specifically described later on.

To oscillate the jack from an outer position, in which a shoe may be conveniently applied or removed, to an inner operative position beneath the forepart form 23 and said shank form 24 (Fig. 1) which operate upon and mold or level the sole of a shoe mounted on the jack, I preferably provide the following mechanism: At its inner side said jack slide 13 is provided with a depending arm 25 (Figs. 1 and 6) overhanging the inner edge of said table 14, its lower end carrying a horizontal roller or other stud 26, normally received into the forked or recessed head 27 of a vertical rock shaft arm 28. This arm is secured at its lower hubbed end to a horizontal rock shaft 29 journaled at its outer end in a bearing formed at the lower front corner of said side frame 1 and at its inner end in a lateral socket bearing 30 formed in the front end of said intermediate bottom frame or girder 3, there being two such shafts, one for each jack. To oscillate the right rock shaft 29 (Figs. 2, 4, 5 and 21), its outer end is provided with a vertical rock arm 31 connected by a link 32 with a crank pin 33 on a vertical gear wheel 34 secured to a central operating shaft 35 v extending horizontally across the machine and through suitable bearings in said side frames 1. The left rock shaft 29 is similarly provided with inner and outer vertical arms 28 and 31 respectively and with a similar link 32, which, in the presnt instance, is similarly connected being desirable, furthermore, to move these; jacks alternately to place or maintain one in an outer shoe receiving position'while the other is presented inwardly to the forms and progressively moved to level the shoe, the

crank arm 36 (Fig. 4) is set. 180 in advance or in rear of the position of said crank pin 33 and the left rock shaft arms 28 and 31 operated thereby are secured or set at the required angles to attain such movements.

Said gear wheel 34 is driv'en by a pinion 37 (Fig. 4 anddotted lines Fig. 5) fast onthe' hub 39 of a gear wheel 40 loosely mounted on the right exterior end of a horizontal pivot shaft 38 secured at its left end (see Fig. 4) in the leftside frame 1 by means of inner andouter retaining collars 6' and 7 respectively and an end bolt 8 similar to those used in securing the tie rod 5.to the side frames 1. At its right exterior end, however, said shaft receives the hub of said gear wheel 40v (Figs. 4, 5, and 11) which is retained thereon by the collar 7 and bolt 8. This gear wheel meshes with a driving pinion 41 loosely mounted on the right exterior end (see Fig. 7) of said drive shaft 9 and is adapted to be connected therewith'when desired to be rotated thereby thus to rotate the intermediate gears and said operating shaft 35. To this end suitable clutch mechanism is p'rcvided, herein shown as a slidable clutch collar 42 (Figs. 4, 7, and 11) splined to said shaft to rotate constantly therewith and provided on its outer face with teeth adapted to engage similar teeth formed on the inner faceof said pinion 41 To slide this collar, circumferential or peripheral groovej43 to receive the horizontal arms of a yoke 44 (see Fig. 11) extending transversely and rear-- Wardly from the outer end of a horizontal, rod 45 slidably mounted in a socket or bear-I; ing 46 formed in the right side frame 1. At?

its head this rod is provided with a roller or other stud 47 (Figs. 5,11 and 12) adapt-' ed to run in an oblique groove 48 (Fig. formed at the rear end of a horizontal of a double bell crank 49, ivoted at its hubbed angle on a horizontal stud 50 also secured in said side framel. The elevation of the grooved end of this bell crank operates, by its action on; said roller, to swing the latter, its supporting rod 45, and said yoke outwardly, to cause the clutch collar 42 to move with it and clutch said pinion 41 to.

rotatethe latter with it. 7 Similarly, de ressionof said grooved end moyes thecutc'h inwardly to release said pinion from operative rotary connection with said drive shaft. The lower vertical arm of this bell crank with a trip it is provided with a arm frame 1, said spring acting normally to elevate said horizontal arm to slide said clutch collar'outwardly as just described, or to the left Fig. 7, .into-opcrative'engagement with said pinion 41.: The horizontal arm of this bell crank 49, however, is normally maintained in a horizontal position with theroller 47 and yoke 44 holding the clutch collar out of operative engagement withsaid I pinion, so that the mechanism for moving ,the jack into and out remains at rest. To maintain saidclutch and itsroller actuator in such position and ,to perinitthe spring to act when desired to start thisjack-positioning mechanism, said operating shaft- 35 (see Fig. 5) is provided or actuating lever 53, loosely mounted by its .hub thereon and normally maintained in horizontal position, with its lower rear edge resting upon a stop and carrying pin. 54,'by a spring 55 connecting apin56 of said hub witha pin 57 on said gear wheel 34. At its end this lever 53 is provided with cam-faces to engage the cam end of'an'upwardly extending vertical arm 58 (see Fig. 5) of'said pivoted bellcrank or clutch actuator 49 and by which the latter is prevented from swinging inwardly so that it and said-clutch collar 42 are maintained inthe inoperative position just referred to. The cam ends of said lever 53 are provided with rectangular notches 59 to permit the cam end of said lever arm 58 to swing inwardly when the notched end of said trip lever 53 is elevated, said bell crank 49 being actuated by its spring 51 to operate the clutch as soonas the rear end of saidlever 53'is'sufliciently elevated.

To provide suitable means for holding the trip lever 53 horizontal with thebell crank and clutch in normal inoperative position and the machine at rest, the base of the right side frame 1 and 'theintermediate girder frame 3 are respectively provided with de pending ears ,60 and 680 (Fig. 5) in which a rock shaft 61 (Fig; 3) isjournaled. Mounted on this shaft is a horizontal yokedv or Y- shaped starting lever 62 (Fig. 4) its hubbed arms forming loose sleeves on said shaft so that it rocks freely thereon. The r ght hub of position normallyv of this lever is provided with a rearwardly extending arm 62*, the rear end of which is provided with an upwardly extending arm 63 (Fig. 5) having a notched or shouldered upper end 64 to engage a projecting 65 on the arm of said trip lever 53.

lu Th is arm 63 is normally maintained in vertical position against a stop 66, formed at the rear end of said arm 62*, by means of a' coiled s ring 67 connecting it with an ear of said side frame lug 60. Elevation of said arm -62 'elevatessaid vertical arm 63 and saidlf horizontal trip lever 53 sufiiciently' to roller or other stud 68 (Fig. adapted to,

center position for "operation.

by the action of said carrying pin 54 (Fig.

a). To depress the front arm of said'lever 62, thereby to elevate its rear arm to operate the clutch as described, any suitable means may be employed, though I prefer that here.-

"in shown in which the front end of said lever 62 (Fig. 5) is provided with a horizontal rest upon or between the teeth of a cam or star wheel 69 (see Figs. 1, 4, 5 and 10) mounted on a tubular shaft or bushing 163 (Fig. 10) secured on said bottom girder 3 and driven by meansof a ratchet wheel 70 mounted on its hub and secured to its outer face'(Fig. 10), and actuated by the operation of a suitable pawl and connected mechanism. This mechanism preferably comprises a treadle lever 71 loosely mounted on said rock shaft 29 (see Figs. 2, 4 and the tread 72 of which extends forwardly at the base of the machine into a convenient The rear end of this treadle carries a vertical pawl 73 pivoted thereto which engages the teeth of said ratchet wheel 70 and is normally retained in engagement therewith by a coiled spring 74 connecting a horizontal pin 75 thereon with a pin on said treadle. Said in 75 is adapted to engage a stop or lug 77 at the rearend of said treadle, which operates to limit the forward movement of said pawl so that it may not be sprung down out of operative relation to its ratchet wheel 7 0. j

l/Vith the'machine at rest, the roller 68 normally rests between the teeth of said star wheel but as the pawl end of said treadle is elevated by depressing said tread 72, the

' ratchet is turned through the space occupied by one tooth corres ondingly rotating the star wheel, causing t e latter to act on and depress said roller 68 to cause it to rest in a recess or groove at the outer end of the next tooth, this'movement respectively elevating the arms 62, 63 and the notched end of the trip lever 53, thereby operativ'ely moving the clutch to rotate said gear wheel 34 111 the direction of the arrow (Fig.5) As has been stated this movement ofthe gear wheel moves the outer jack into leveling position relative to the forms and the jack already in such position, outwardly into shoe removing or receiving position. By the rotation of said gear wheel 34 the trip lever 53 is carried around with it, through the action of said pin 54, until a half rotation thereof has been effected and causingthe cam face of its rearwardly revolving andrising arm toengage the cam face of said bell crank actuating lever 49 and swing it rearwardly to operate the clutch to stop thejack positioning mechanism immediately as said jacks are respectively moved into inner and outer positions. The right jack, for example, having been moved into a position beneath the forms, the jack table is next elevated or raised sufliciently to release the slide roller 26 from engagement with the forked head 27 of said rock shaft arm 28, so as to permit the jack to be rocked or oscillated to and fro beneath said forms 23 and 24 and also to raise the jack to present the shoe sole to the action thereof. To this end, the cam slide 22 (Figs. 1 and 9) is provided with a cam slot to receive a horizontal roller 79 (Figs. 9 and 22) mounted on a horizontal pivot shaft 78 connected at its ends to the lower ends of depending arms or carriers 80 (Fig. 22) hubbed at their upper ends upon said jacr supporting shaft 16, the hub 81 of the upper arm forming a sleeve upon said shaft 16 and furnishing a bearing for the hub or head of said rocking guide 15 and also for the hubbed end 82 of the inner carrier or arm 80. In the operation of the machine this inner arm is oscillated by the movements of an actuating lever 83 (Figs. 1, 6, 9 and 22) having a hub 84at its'upper end loosely mounted on said sleeve or hub 81, immediately below which is a forwardly extending ear 85 bolted or otherwise secured to said inner arm 80. The lower end of this lever 83 is provided with a cam roller or other stud 86 (Figs. 1, 6, 9 and 22) running in a cam groove 87 of a cam 88, secured or formed upon the inner face of a gear wheel 89 loosely mounted on said central shaft 35. The rotation of this gear wheel 89 imparts a forward and back movement to said slide roller 79, which running in the cam slot of said slide 22 and by its action thereon first elevates it, to raise thejack slide and its jack to bring the shoe into operative position relative to said forms 23 and 24 and, at the conclusion of the progressive movements of the jack, presently described, then depresses it to depress said jack out of contact with said forms. .To rotate said gear wheel 89 it is meshed (see Figs. 1 and 4) with a driving pinion 90 (Figs. 1 and 4) formed upon or secured to the hub of a gear wheel 91 (Fig. 4) loosely mounted on the pivot shaft 38 and in its turn driven or rotated by a gear-92 (see Fig. 7), loosely mounted on and ada V ted to be operatively connected with said rive shaft 9. As it is only desirable, however, to rotate said gear wheel 92 when the cone sponding jack has been moved into inner position beneath its associated forms, the drive shaft 9 (Fig. 7), normally rotated constantly as described, is herein rovided immediately interiorly of said side flames 1 with friction disks 93, fast thereon, each of which is in frictional engagement with an adjustably mounted horizontal disk 94 journaled at the bottom of a vertically slidable yoke frame 95 embracing said shaft 9 and which may be moved toward or from the periphery of said disk 93 so' that variable speed of rotation maybe produced. At their inner edges'said frictional disks 94 engage and drive frictional disks 96, loosely mounted on the lower pivot shaft 10 referred to, and which in turn drives a horizontal disk 97 journaled on 'a vertical stud 98 upon a slidable collar 99 of said pivot shaft 10. This shaft has a horizontal pin 100 engaging a recess or slot 101 in said collar to prevent the latter from turning on said shaft and to permit it to slide thereon while guiding its movements in and out, so that the frictional contact between the disks 96 and 97 will only operate to rotate the latter as it is forced into contact with the disk'96.v Said gear 92, referred to as slidably mounted onsaid drive shaft 9, is rigidly secured 102 is provided with I 103, to receive the yoke arms of a lever 104 maining constantly pivotally mounted, as by a pivot in 105 (Figs..7 and 8) on a horizontal over anging arm 106 of a collar 10.7 secured on said pivot shaft 10. The outward movement of the yoke arms of the lever 104'permits the disk 102 and said gear 92 together constitutin the movable clutch of the jack elevating and rocking mechanism, to slide outwardly to bring the formerinto engagement with and to move the friction disk 97 also outwardly into frictional contact with the constantly rotating disk 96 thereby causing rotation of said disk 102 and said gear 92, the latter rein mesh with the gear 91, and rotating the ing said disk 102 and its connected gear wheel 92 outwardly when permitted by the movement of said lever 104 said shaft 9 is provided with. a slidable collar 108 (Fig. 7) provided at its inner end with a circumferential flange 109, against which is seated the end of a coiled spring 110 surrounding said collar and bearing upon the inner face of the hub of said disk 102 and hanging arm 106. A horizontal arm 112 of said lever 111 is acted upon and depressed by a'similar arm113 of said yoke lever 104, so that asthe yoke arms of said lever 104 are swung to the right (Fig. 7), said collar.

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. starting lever 62;

I acting a to separate said collariand dislnlTo prevent said col-J 108 and the hub of said disk 102 are moved toward one another against the tension of and compressing said spring 110 and moving the disk 102' away from thedisk 97 and preventing furt'her rotation of said disk 102 and gear wheel 92.

maintained in this position by suitable start- Y The yoke lever is normally ing and stopping mechanism automatically actuated by the jack positioning mechanism referred to and permitting outward movement of said yoke lever as -the jack reaches its inner position. The-yoke end of said lever is then positively swung outward by the expansion of said spring 110 thereby sliding the collar108 inwardly and the friction disk 102 and its gear 92 outwardly to produce rotation of the jack elevating mechanism referred to. The inward movement of the collar 108, however, is limited by a'central shaft collar 9 fast on said drive shaft 9 and constituting an abutment for said collar,""so

that as the yoke levers are released, said spring 110 operates most effectively u on-thedisk 102 thereby to produce rapi'ity of clutch action. I V

I The position and movements of the yoke arms of tlie levers 104 and 111 are determined and controlled through the movements of a vertical depending arm 114 1 (Figs. 7 and 8) of said'yoke lever 104, whichat its lower end is provided with a cam roller 115 running upon the side of a cam disk 116 loosely mounted on a sleeve 107 on said collar .107 provided as herein with a series of teeth or lateral projections upon or between which the said roller is adapted to rest. Secured to the inner sideof this cam disk 116 (Fig.7?) is a ratchet wheel 117 also journaled on said sleeve 107% and operated by a vertical pawl 118 (Figs. 7 and dotted-lines Fig. 5') pivotally mounted at the rear end'of a rearwardly extending arm 119 (Figs. .4 and 5) secured to said rock shaft 61. As. will be readily understood from the foregoing description, said rock shaft 61 does not extend clear across the machine but two short shafts are provided,

which are mounted as described in said framesand'bottom girder, the yoke shaped (see particularly Fig. 4)

having its yoke end 120 provided with suitable hubs 121, the one on the right being 7 loosely mounted on the right shaft 61 whlle the other or left (Fig. 4) is loosely mounted on the left shaft 61.

To elevate the pawl end of said arm 119 and to operate the clutch mechanism just described and ,furtherinorethat the latter may be actuated by the trip lever 53 immediately following the movement of the jack into leveling position beneath the forms, the outer end of the'right rock shaft 61 (Figs.

its

2, 4, and 5) is provided with a vertical arm 122, herein shown as pinned thereto and having a roller 123 at its upper end, and

- which is engaged and operated by a cam projection 124 on the rear arm (Flg. 5) of said trip lever 53. As the latter is rotated through a half revolution said projection 124 w1ll strike said roller and swing its supporting arm 122 to the left (Fig. 5) to rock said shaft 61 and thereby elevating said rear arm-119 and its vertical pawl 118 and turning said ratchet 117 and the connected cam 116 through the s ace occupied by one tooth,

permittin the ro ler to enter the depression etween e,'teeth or lateral projections of said cam. This movement permits the yoke end of said lever 104 to swing outwardly as described and-separation of the collar 108 and disk 102 which is roduced by the action of said spring'110. aid clutch disk 102 is thus slid outward'to. bring it into frictional engagement with what may be termed the "speed wheel or disk 97, referred to, and sliding the latter into operative connection with the drive shaft 9 through the connecting speed disks 96, 94 and 93 respectively. As

herein shown this pawl 118 (see Fig. 7) is provided with spring pressed means for holding it in engagement with the ratchet wheel 117, said means comprising in the present'instance, .a coiled spring 125 (see ig. 7 connecting a horizontal pin 126, on a rearwardly extending arm 127 of said pawl, with a horizontal pin 128'on a vertical lug 129 of said arm 119.

' said crank 36,- and which, as stated, is on the opposite side of said shafts 61 relative to the cam projection'124 of said trip lever 53, so that said arms 122 and 119 respectively are alternatively oscillated to alternately and successively actuate the pawls 118, ratchets 117 and the clutch mechanisms connected therewith.v That the jack maybe rocked or oscillated immediately following its elevation or presentation to the leveling forms referred'to, the outer face of said gear wheel 89 is also provided with a cam'groove 131 1 (Fig. 4 and dotted lines Fig. 6) in which runs a roller 132 carried at the lower end of a depending arm 133' of a horizontal lever 134 (best shown in Figs. 6 and 9) pivoted by its hub on a horizontal stud 135 secured in an inwardly projecting boss 136 (Fig. 9) of said side frame 1. In the operation of the machine, the rotation of said gear wheel 89 rocks said lever 134 vertically andthat its motion may be transmitted torthe jack table supporting guide 15 and the jack carried thereby, to move the latter progressively relative to said forms, said lever is provided with a longitudinal slot 137 (Fig. 6) and said guide 15 with a similarly slotted arm 138 in juxtaposition therewith, slide blocks 139, 140 being respectively mounted in the slots of saidlever and guide as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 9. These blocks are mounted on a pivot pin 141 extending through said slots and supported at its ends by the depending arms of a yoke 142, formed at the inner or front end of a link 143 (see Figs. 6 and9) which is pivotally mounted on a depending arm 144 of a sleeve 145 (Figs. 1 and 6), in turn loosely mounted on a pivot shaft 145 journaled at its ends in said side frames 1. .This sleeve is adapted to be turned or adjusted to swin said arm 144 back and forth, thereby to slide or adjust the blocks 139 and 140 inwardly or outwardly in the slots of said lever 134 and guide arm 138 respectively, so as to vary the rocking movement of said guide and thereby the jack, in o erating u on different sizes of soles'as will more ully described later. It is suflicient' here to state that the rockin of said lever 134 through the action of said cam groove 131 on the roller 132 and the slide blocks 139 and 140, swings.the guide arm 138 vertically thereby rocking the jack table, itsjack and the shoe mounted thereon back and forth to produce the desired progressive leveling movement in contact with leveling forms 23, 24 referred to.

It may be here noted that the described mechanisms for elevating and producing the leveling movements of the jack are set in operation by that for movin the jack into leveling position and by re erring to Fig. 6 it will be apparent that the cam grooves 87 131', respectively are so placed that the jack is elevated to resent the shoe sole to the action of said orms 23, 24 before the progressive leveling movements of the jack take place, so that the shoe may be first placed in predetermined position relative thereto as will be more clearly described later. In the present instance, a single oscillation of the jack is produced, rocking it first rearwardly, preferably, toe first, and

then back into what may be termed its initial leveling position where it rests, though obviously by varying the cam groove or said gears any other desired or predetermined number of oscillations could be effected, my invention not being limited in this respect.

, That the longitudinal progressive or rocking movements of the jack may be stopped, leaving it in its initial inner position just referred to while the. other jack is at rest in shoe removing position, the gear wheel 89 is provided-on its inner face with a roller 146 (Figs. 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9) which runs under and lifts an overhan ing cam lug 147 on a rearwardly extendmg arm 148, loosely mounted by its hub on said rock shaft 61.

said cam 116 to and to move the roller 115 outwardly, swinging the yoked ends of the levers 104, 11-1,toward one another thereby to release the gear wheel 92 from operative connection with the constantly rotating drive shaft and thus stopping the jack progressive or rocking mechanism of the machine. To positively produce the. depression of the pawl 149, as saidroller 146 passes out from under the cam lug 147 and the jack is returned to its initial leveling position beneath said forms, I have in the present instance (see Figs. 1 and 5) provided a bell crank 150 fast on a rock shaft 151' journaled in said bottom girder or frame 3and havin a lateral projection 152 on its rearwar ly extending arm which overlies and is maintained uponthe upper inclined face of said cam lug 147 by a coiled'spring 153 '(Fig. 5) connecting the front arm of said bell crank with a stationary part of the machine. This spring normally acts to lift the arm com nected therewith and to depress the opposite arm and through'the projection 152 said cam lug 147 and its supporting arm 148, thereby again turning said ratchet .117 in the same direction as that produced by the pawl 118 on its rear side. This partial rotation or stepping movement of the ratchet wheeltnrns the cam 116 tocause one of its projections to iorce the roller 115 carried by the oke lev r arm 114 outwardly to operate t e yoke levers104 and 111, as described, to release or disengage the disk 102 from rotary connection with the drive shaft so that the movements of the leveling and elevating mechanisms are and can only be stopped with the jack in its said initial 0- sition. For stopping the left jack leveling movements, said rock shaft 151 is similarly provided witha rear rock arm 150 (Fig. 2), fast thereto on t-he left side of said frame 3 and having a similar projection 152 to be similarly operated by the cam lu'g 147 of its associated cam. v V

To prevent the pawl 149 from being depressed a distance greater than is necessary to rotate the ratchet through the space oc-- cupied by one tooth, *said arm .148 ispro vided with a depending stop lug or foot 154' (Figs. 1 and 7) adapted to strike the floor and limit its downward movement. That the star wheel or cam 69 however, maybe turned so as to leave the yoke lever roller 68 (Fig. 5) in a depression betweentwo ofits adjacent teeth instead ofin the groove in the top of one of them, so that the operative ratchet 117 andits earn 116. This movement brings a" projection of ing forms and that. said said may again by the depression of the treadle start the jack positioning mechanism to level a second shoe mounted on the other jack when it was moved to shoe removing position, orto withdraw the leveled shoe for removal, the front arm of said bell crank 150 is provided with a spring pressed depending pawl 155 (Fig. 5), which engages the teeth of said ratchet wheel 7 0 on the front side and operating to turn said ratchet and the star wheel connected therewith as the bell crank is rocked when its projection 152 is lifted by the operation of said gear wheel roller 146. By this movement the yoke lever roller 76 rises between the teeth of said star wheel, so that it may again be depressed by the rotation of the latter upon the next de pression of the treadle when it is desired to again operate the jack positioning mechanism. As has been stated, this arrangementcauses the machine to stop with one jack in .outer .or shoe applying position while one having the leveled shoe thereon is left depressed, but still beneath the leveljack positioning mechanism-may be operated automatically to cause the jack, with the leveled shoe thereon, to be moved out into shoe removing position and the other jack, to which a shoe has been applied, to be thrown in, elevated, the

shoe sole leveled'and' the machine stopped with the jack down, I have, in the present instance,- provided the following mechanism: In the rear of its pawl 155 (Figs. 1 and 5), said bell crank' 150 is provided with another pivoted pawl 156 havinga horizontal stop arm 157 (Fig. 5) to engage a pin 158 on said bell .crank to prevent its moving -forwardly beyond a vertical position, said pawls being connected together by a coiled spring 159 to hold them in operative posi-.

tidns. This pawl 156 engages and operates a second ratchet wheel 160 (Figs. 5 and 10), loosely mounted upon the hub of said cam 69 and pressed agalnst the outer face of said ratchet wheel 70 so that both are simultaneously rotated, Said ratchet wheel 160 is also provided with but two teeth 161 (Fig. 5); and carriesa shield 162 adapted to be turned as said ratchet wheel 160 is actuated ta slide over and cover the teeth of the ratchet wheel 70 so that the treadle pawl 73 isprevented from engaging theteeth of ratchet wheel 70 when the shield has been turned'through the space occupied by two teeth. By this arrangement obviously the treadle may be depressed twice in-succession, first to start the machine and second to bring the yoke lever roller 68 into the next depression or space between the teeth of .the star wheel,so that when the pawl 155 operates toturn the ratchet, the roller will be placed in the groove on the tooth th'us turned to'"i'oller' moving position to again start thejac'k positioning mechanism afterit has been stopped by the action of the trip lever 53, described. Thus the jack position- Singmechanism is again started after a single and the machine stopped. By this arrangev ment means are provided by which two shoes ofa pair may be leveled before the machine is stopped,'the rotation of the shield, covering the teeth of the ratchet on its under and inner side, preventing subsequent depressions of the treadle and the elevation of the pawl 73 from actuating said ratchet 70, so that carelessness on the part of the operative inagain depressing the treadle has no effect upon the operation tating each of the ratchets through the space ofthe machine until the pawl 156 has been twice depressed to turn the ratchet 160 in the opposite direction to move the shield with it to its normal position and uncovering the teeth of the ratchet 70.

It will be understood that when the treadle is depressed twice the jack position ing mechanism will be started and stopped twice and the gear wheel 34 will rotate twice, causing two depressions of the "pawl carrying arm of said bell crank 150 and roof two teeth and in opposite directions, and

returning the shield carrying ratchet 160 to its initial or original position. That these ratchets may be rotated in opposite direc tions, they are mounted upon the hub of the starv wheel 69 (see Fi 10), itself loosely mounted upon the bushing 163 referred to as secured in said bottom girder 3. This bushin receivesa slidable pin 164 having a circu ar fi ange lf165 at its right end bearin upon the-inner face'of said ratchet 160. A justablyfretai ned at the left end of said pin 164 by clam ing nuts 166 is a washer or collar167, loose y mounted thereon, between which and said frame 3 and surrounding said pin is a eoiled'spring168, acting to force said waslter' against its nut 166 thereon, and thereby sliding said pin audits flange 165 inwardl ,or to the left (Fig. 10), to produce suitabe frictional engagement between the two ratchets, so that the ratchet 160' is normallymoved b and with said ratchet 70, but permitting 1t tobe positively rotated in the opposite dlrection by its pawl 156. To withdraw the inner depressed jack into shoe removing position, when desired, more particularl when it has a leveled shoe thereon,the trea le is again depressed which again actuates the jack positioning mechanism, it being understood that the jack simultaneously moved'inward will be automatically operated until finally depressed as described even though no shoe is mounted thereon.

'Having described the mechanisms for pcsitionin elevating or depressing, and rocking the packs, with their respective operative controlled adjustments and clutch mechanisms, I will next describe the forms and the means for operating and adjusting them.

In the particular embodiment of my invention herein selected for illustration only, referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 3, l have provided sole formers of novel type, herein shown, as forms or molds, two of which are employed in the present instances and adapted to operate upon two different portions of the shoe sole, one having a molded face to shape the forepart of a sole, the other to correspondingly shape the shank and heel seat end of the sole. I have designated these forms as forepart form 23, and a shank form 24, referred to, approximately roller shape, mounted to rotate on their carriers. Each is provided with an active mold face, arranged around the periphery of the form and corresponding both longitudinally and transversely to a desired shape of a forepart or shank of a shoe sole, and adapted to mold the same as the shoe is progress- .ively moved in contact therewith by the movements of the jack, as described. These forms are vibrated back and forth over the portions of the sole they are adapted to shape and simultaneously turned or oscillated to cause the vibrating surface in contact with the work gradually to progress around or alon the form to cause the latter always to confhrm to and produce the desired shape of and action upon the sole. By the provlsion of forms of this type all the advantages of the usual type of leveling rolls and forms per se used in beatin out soles are combined with few of the isadvantages of either. Moreover, by respectively confining the movements of said forepart and shank forms to the forepart and shank of the sole a perfect balance is maintained between the forepart and shank of the sole both longitudinally and progressively and makes it possible to give either form a conformation positively to mold and clearly define the line of separation between the forepart and shank of the sole. Furthermore, the shank may be continuously molded to any desired pattern from said line of contact to the breast line or longitudinally between the ball and heel.

While the back and forth or rubbing movement of the forms is reciprocatory relative to their carriers or supporting frames, I desire it to be understood that I employ the term vibratory here and hereafter, in a general sense to includeany to and from motion and not necessarily in a straight line. 

